Account-book.



M. S. YOUNG.

ACCOUNT BOOK. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1912.

' Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

. I MARVIN S. YQU1\T'G, or wasn'riverom msrnro'r or COLUMBIA.

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L7 '0 all whom, t'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, MARVIN S. a

citizen of the United States, residingat specification.

Tashington, District of Columbia, have-invented new and usefulImprovements in Ac-,

count-Books, of which the followi ng "is a This invention r particularlyto record books.

It is desirablein'all classes of business to keep records of businesstransactions in alegible hand or preferably in, typewriting, and inorder to accomplish the latter it is necessary to either use a looseleaf record book oremploy a book typewriter, both of these methods havetheir disadvantages, the loose leaf ledger on account of the fact thatthe leaves are-liable to beconie lost and the latter, thebooktypewriter, on account of the fact that they are expensive,cumbersome to hahdle. and rather diflicult of operation. Furthermoremany business houses do not feel justified in going to the expense ofbuying a book typewriter just for this purpose and it is therefore theobject of this invention to provide a :record book whichabsolately-prevents the loss of leaves and.in, which the leaves maybewritten upon with the ordinary form of cylinder platen typewritermachine.

Practically all county records are now made in bound books and writtenwith a socalled book-writing machine. It is obviously necessary thatsuch records bemade. in some form of bound books from wh cha leaf cannotbe removed or lost. There is only. one machine. nowavailable-for thisclass of work, which machine holdsa mo--,

- nopoly of typewritten bound book records. 1

work, and which machine sells for almost twice the price of any"ordinarycylinder typewriter and for three timesas much as some'cylindertypewriters. Vith this form of book it would leave the fi-eldofrecording, open to all typewriter companies, and still have the recordsmade in a book from which it is impossible to remove or lose a leaf.

Further objectsofthis invention will ap pear as the following specificdescription is read in connection with the accompanying drawing,- whichforms a part of this application,jand in" which Y Figure l sgaperspective -'view showing one of the lids folded back and one portion i.jpsi q fi m qr r t I Patented Feb. 18, 1913. Application filed september lfr', 1912;. Serial No. 720,374.

of "the continuous sheet elevated from the lGcking pins. Fig. 2is alongitudinal sec-- tiona'l-yiew. :Fig'. 3 is a fragmentary per-'spective view-of the [continuous sheet removed from the'boo-k. In thespecific embodiment of the invenseparate back members to eachof which ishinged in any suitable manner a cover member-3. The back imembers 1' and2 each carry suitable locking members in thelform of bolts ;& which areadapted to pass through the sheets 5 of thebook and through .the'

opposite cover member andreceiv'e wing nuts G-which holds the leafmembers in 7o locked p'os ition. {he back members are 1 y 1 tion asillustrated herein fand 2 represent elates .to books. and more.

preferably formed witlrthe cover members.

and weakened: as shown at 7 to provide-a hinge for the leaf membersalthough this constructionmay be varied and other types of hinges may beemployed whenfound to be necessary or expedient. It will be noticed thatthe bolts livhicli areattached to the back member 1 extend in adirection opposite to the bolts t which are carried by the back member Qsothat the covers. may be opened moppos te directions and from oppositesides of the book. i

The leaves of the book are suitably perforaled so as le -permit the.passage ofthe bolts a and consist of a continuous sheet of paper [foldedas shown in Fig. 3 so as to make each leaf of double thickness. hen

one side of the book is open the-outside of one leaf is utilized whilewhen the opposite side'of the book is open the insideof this samele'afor the outside of-what is thentwo adjoining leaves maybe i,n'spected'.

It will be noticed that'by employing a continuous sheetof paper foldedin themanner described the same -may' be placed. in an ordinary cylindertype-writer machine-and "written upon'and then reversed so as to per-.

mit the operator to write upon.the opposite side. It Wlll also benoticed that entries :may be made in the middleof the book withoutrunning-the entire sheet or one-half of the same through thetypewriter,it being only necessary to'withd'raw the leaves from thebo'lts andinsert a. leaf of double thickness into-.th e typewriter from the middleof the book. i

I With the use of. this book two obvious difliculties have beenovercome, that of using a loose leaf ledger Whose leaves are liable tobecome lost or of purchasing an expensive 2.,A'book comprislngasinglesheet of.

"paper folded to form a plurality ofleaves of double thickness, andmeans to temporarilybind the leaves at both ends.-

3. A-book "omprisin'g a plurality of leaves,

separate back members arranged upon op: I posi te sides of the leavesand at oppositeends thereof, cover members hinged to the back membersand temporary'binding devices carried by each back member and passing/Ethrough the leaves and the opposite cover member.

' 4. A record book comprising cover members, a plurality of leavesconstructed from a continuous folded sheet and temporary binding memberscarried by the opposite cover members and extending through the same andthrough the sheets at opposite ends of the book. i

" A record book comprising a plurality of connected leaves, and .meansfor tempo rarily binding the leaves at both ends. In 'testlmony whereofI afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

-MARV IN s. YOUNG.

- Vitnesses:

G. A. G XTER, EDNAAAICDONALD.

